Old Drivers Spirit Endurance Trophy

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2010 Endurance Trophy rules
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2010 Endurance trophy rules
Old Drivers Spirit : the origins
The idea was started un 2007 by Olivier Zaiit, great Grand Prix Legends drivers at the
F1Legends.ch championship.
Some other drivers (Jura and SdP) also GT Legends lovers decided to join him to create this
championship.
The first 2 editions (2007-2008) were done on GT Legends, the only game that was able to
satisfy our requirements in simulation sensations. In 2009, it was decided to switch to the ISI
game rFactor and the Historic GT & Touring Cars mod from Historix team.
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The 2010 edition starts with the same goals as before : having fun by driving these cars.
2009 was a little bit in trouble. We were not well prepared to switch from GT Legends to
rFactor. This year will also not be perfect (there are a lot of bugs in the mod) but we will do
our best and at least, we have one year knowledge with the game and the mod and we will
not do the same mistakes anymore (but maybe we will do other mistakes).
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Chapitres
A. 2010 news........................................................................................................................................4
1. Old Drivers Spirit Installation......................................................................................................4
2. Team championship.....................................................................................................................4
3. Points for DNF.............................................................................................................................4
4. Race duration...............................................................................................................................4
5. New cars......................................................................................................................................4
6. Classes.........................................................................................................................................5
7. Car flip.........................................................................................................................................5
8. Gamedata check...........................................................................................................................5
9. Performances...............................................................................................................................5
D. Basic rules........................................................................................................................................6
1. In Race.........................................................................................................................................6
2. Chat..............................................................................................................................................6
E. Registrations.....................................................................................................................................7
F. How to participate............................................................................................................................7
G. Prevention........................................................................................................................................7
H. Races................................................................................................................................................8
I. Car choice..........................................................................................................................................8
J. Points ................................................................................................................................................9
1. Bonus ..........................................................................................................................................9
a. Pole position............................................................................................................................9
b. Best Lap..................................................................................................................................9
c. Car choice................................................................................................................................9
2. Penalties ....................................................................................................................................12
K. Standing.........................................................................................................................................13
L. Connection issues ..........................................................................................................................13
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A. 2010 news
They are important; please read them to avoid bad surprises !
1. Old Drivers Spirit installation
A specific installation is now required. We had a lot of troubles last year due to mismatches
in some player installations. This year, we will provide all the necessary stuff. So, nothing
should change from one player to the other.
We fixed a lot a the mod issues (unfortunately not all of them). Due to this fixes, the Old
Drivers Spirit installation will not be compatible with others.
You will need 2 ou 3 Gb more on your hard disk, but, you should never be rejected from the
server due to a mismatch.
2. Team standing
Drivers can, if they want (not necessary), create a 2 drivers team. A team standing will be
done during the whole season.
Think about making a logo for your team !
3. Points for DNF
Until now, the drivers who didn't reach the final line didn't got points. In 2010, each driver
who drove at least 20% of the race distance will get points, according to his rank. But, the
car bonus will not applied if they don't finish the race.
4. Race duration
To give the “little cars” there chance, we will only have 1 Hour races. The “biggest cars”
usually destroyed they tires quickly, but they were able to be very fast on 30mn races. With
1 hour, more strategy will be necessary. Taking a “big car”, going fast at the beginning and
taking care of the tires at the end or taking a “little car” and pushing it the whole race.
5. New cars
Ferrari GTB/4 and la BMW 2800 CS (LM72) joined the GTC-TC-76 class.
Coppa Mille and Mini Cooper 1310 joined the TC-65 class.
Many new skins (made by and for Old Drivers Spirit) are available. Most of them are real
cars running in 2009 on historic races.
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6. Classes
To make the race more funny, we changed the class for some cars :
- TC-65 gets Alpine A110 and Lotus Elite
- GTC-65 gets Porsche 906 and 914 and Ford Mustang and Falcon too
- GTC-TC76 gets the Ford GT40
7. Car flip.
Each driver who had a car flip must go directly to the pits and do a full car repair (tires and
fuel not mandatory)
8. Gamedata check
Each race day and before you connect to the server, a GameData check must be done by
the ODS_Client2 software.
If there is a mismatch indicated during qualifications andor warmup, the drivers woh didn't
do the GameData check or who got error during they check will rejected from the server, so
that the drivers that do not changed they GameData and do the check will not be penalized.
9. Performances
Cars physics got fixed (fuel tank capacity, fuel consumption, engine overheating). All the
mod bugs were not fixed, but at least, now all the cars can be used.
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D. Basic rules
All the generic rules of an online championship applies here. Fairplay, fun to drive and
respect other drivers should be the basic of all driver that want to join our races.
1. In Race
The leitmotiv must be : Gentleman Drivers Spirit
1st example : we do not force overlapping. Also if it's on a driver who's many lap behind
you. If you push a driver out of the track, you have to wait him (or he said he's OUT) and
you restart behind him.
If you don't do this, you will get a penalty and will start from the pits at the next race.
2. Chat
No discussions are allowed during the official competitions (qualify and race).
The authorized messages are :
â&#x20AC;&#x201C;
PO (Pits out) et PI (Pits in), security when slowing to get in the pits or coming back on
track.
The tolerated/advised messages are :
- SRY (Sorry) and NP (No Problem) if you push a driver.
- OUT to signify to the driver that kicked you that it's not necessary that he continue to wait,
you cannot restart.
During qualifications
If a driver say hello when he join the game, wait the end of the qualifications to greet him
back.
The end of the race
Take care that when you cross the finish line, a lot a driver are probably still fighting on
tack. Wait until everybody is finished before chatting.
Except specific authorization, a steering wheel is mandatory to participate.
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E. Registrations
You just need to be registered on the website.
When this is done, you have to select where you want to participate (ODS Championship
and/or Trophy)
You can also (and it strongly recommended) register and participate to the forum. It's the
best way to live the Old Drivers Spirit community and the best place to get the last
informations.
We know the the forum is mainly in French, but feel free to start topics or to answer in
English you will always get exchanges.
If you join after the start, you have to ask for the link to get the GameData 2010 and the
ODS_Client2 software.
F. How to participate
The following conditions must be filled:
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Your name should appear in the member list.
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Participate to the trainings.
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Have a separate ODS installation
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Have the ODS GameData 2010 (process available on our wiki)
G. Prevention
If you have a prevention, please inform us in the “race” section of the forum.
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H. Races
The races are on Monday evening 8:30 PM CET for the qualifications, 9:00 PM (4:00 PM in
the game) for the race.
All the races follow this
II.
Professionnel mode
III.
100% damage
IV.
No safety car
V.
No help available except automatic clutch
The event duration is more or less 130mn : 30 minutes qualifications, 3mn warmup, 2 hours
race.
If you don't like long races, then you should register to our Championship.
Some events will have a 10x accelerate time. That mean that we will have to start the race
by day, continue through the night and finish the race by day.
I. Car choice
Each driver needs to decide which car he will drive during the whole season. Only one
car is allowed for the whole season. The tracks are selected to give each car a chance.
Each driver can create his own car. In the game, it will be available in “Private Garage”. If
you do not have your personal car, you have to take a car in “Old Drivers Spirit”.
As the name “Private” indicates, only the drivers owning a car can use the cars
available in this section.
If you don't have your own cars, you can choose one of the 300 cars available in the Old
Drivers Spirit section.
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J. Points
The standings is based on the whole event duration.
Each driver who participate and finish a race gets points according to the following table :
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
5th
6th
7th
8th
9th
10th
60
58
56
54
52
50
48
46
44
42
And so on until the last classified driver.
Reminder : A driver who don't reach the finish line gets points if he drover at least 20% of
the race. But, he will not get his bonus points. If he didn't reach 20% of the race, he will not
get any point.
1. Bonus
a. Pole position
1 point bonus for the best lap during qualifications.
b. Best Lap
1 point bonus for the best lap in race. (Don't care if the driver finished the race or
not)
c. Car choice
To have a well balanced point attribution and to have different cars on track, less
performant cars gets bonus. So they are slower on track, but can have the same final
standing due to this bonuses.
Those bonuses are only applicable id the driver finish the race.
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The car bonus are those:
TC 65
Lotus Cortina
0
Alfa GTA
0
Abarth Coppa Mille
1
Alpine A110
1
Austin Mini 1310
1
Austin Mini
2
Jaguar MK II
2
Lotus Elite
3
Abarth 1000TC
3
GTC 65
Shelby Daytona
0
Porsche 911 2,4 l.
0
Porsche 906
0
Shelby Cobra 427
0
Porsche 914
2
TVR Griffth 400
2
Shelby Cobra 289
2
Porsche 911 2,0 l.
3
Lotus Elan 26R
3
Jaguar Etype LW
3
Jaguar Etype CoupĂŠ
3
Corvette 65
4
Austin Healey
4
Ferrari 275
4
Mercedes 300SL
5
Ford Mustang
6
Ford Falcon
6
Shelby GT 350
6
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GTC-TC 76
Ford Capri RS3100
0
Ford GT40
1
DeTomaso Usine
1
BMW CSL Schnitzer (3100)
2
DeTomaso Pantera Client
2
Ford Escort
2
Porsche 911 RST 2.8
2
Porsche 911 RSR 3.0
2
Porsche 911 RS 2.8
3
Porsche 911 RSR 2.8
3
Porsche 911 RS 2.7
3
Corvette 69
3
Ferrari Daytona GTB4
3
Corvette 74
3
BMW CSL Alpina
3
Ford Capri RS2600
4
BMW 2800
5
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2. Penalties
If the is a reclamation a penalty can be applied by the admins/referee in the following cases:
1. Dangerous behaviour on track (deliberate harming another driver)
2. No fair-play
Most usual examples :
- Winning a place by cutting a corner
- Pushing a driver out of the track and don't waiting him.
3. The race is done on track. The grass is not part of the track
Examples:
Authorized:
Tolerated (but not if regularly done)
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Prohibited
If you are not sure, do not hesitate to ask before, it's always better than claiming after.
If the is a claiming accorded to the admins/referee, the driver will get a penalty
- He will lose 10% of the first drivers points (6 points).
- Starts from the pits at his next race.
K. Standing.
The Standing is done, based on the server export files.
All the races are included in the general standing. Over the year, and usually during the
summer season break we organize “Open Races” and “Fun Events”. Those events are not
included in the season standings.
L. Connection issues
If at least 2/3rd of the drivers are disconnected, or if the admins/referee decided it the race
will be restarted and if the qualification standings cannot be restored, a new 10mn
qualification run is done.
If one of the race cannot be done due to technical reason, the event is cancelled. Is there is a
possibility to postpone the event, the possibility will be used. Of course, an isolated
disconnection of a driver will not impact the event.
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This regulation is subject to change
over the year if necessary.
If this would be the case, you would be informed on the
website.
Document history.
Date
24/01/10
Version
v1.00
Par
SdP
Modification
Initial version